Casos de ansiedade em tempo pandêmico: uma revisão integrativa.

Abstract

In December 2019, an outbreak of pneumonia appeared in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, whose causative agent was identified as a New Coronavirus, Sars-CoV-2, which spread rapidly in China and other countries around the world. The present study aimed to present a literature review about the increase in anxiety cases in the COVID-19 Pandemic. This is an integrative literature review based on the selection of scientific articles, in the databases: Virtual Health Library (BVS) and Online Scientific Electronic Library (SciELO), through the descriptors: Anxiety, Mental Disorders, COVID-19 , Mental Health, pharmaceutical, as well as the combination of these using the Boolean operator AND. 189 available materials were found, of which 70 articles were pre-selected, resulting in 50 after reading the abstracts. Anxiety cases were more frequent in 2020 when the COVID-19 Pandemic forced states and municipalities to adopt preventive measures to prevent the increase in cases such as social isolation, which had a great impact on the mental health of individuals, given that , abruptly changed the daily routine of the population in different spheres of life such as work, education, community interaction, leisure, among others. In this context, people were subjected to a series of stressors such as feelings of insecurity, imminent fear of being infected by the virus and infecting their family members and uncertainty about returning to normal life. Studies have shown a greater impact on adolescents, young adults, women and front-line healthcare workers. The pharmacist has a fundamental role in the follow-up of patients in mental suffering, as it provides comprehensive therapeutic assistance, acting in the promotion and recovery of health, being the professional capable of detecting problems related to psychotropic drugs, drug interactions and adverse reactions related to their use, in addition to promoting explanations to the patient about their disease. In view of the above, it is important to carry out research on mental illness and its complications in a pandemic time to support actions and the improvement of strategies for preservation and attention to the mental health of individuals.